News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Caputa, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of an Unregistered Firearm was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that, on May 23, Daniel Greenwood, age 42, was arraigned in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, in connection with a federal indictment charging him with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon in October 2017...
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: RIDGELAND, MS - The Natchez Trace Parkway and the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi will host Joseph Wolf from the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma on Friday, June 1, 2018, at 11:00 am at the Mississippi Craft Center.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty plea of MURRAY HUBERFELD to wire fraud conspiracy in connection with funds used to bribe the former president of the nation’s largest municipal correction officers union. Specifically, HUBERFELD...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced CALVIN JAMAL SPEARMAN, 23, of Fayetteville to 174 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release and DONTRELL LAMAR WRIGHT, 24, of Fayetteville to 229 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: FBI Seeks Information on Missing and Endangered Prince William County Juvenile.
By Homeland Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news reports that the Trump Administration has reached a deal to save the Chinese corporation ZTE, a known significant security and surveillance threat...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Ascension Pascual-Rodriguez, 42, a citizen of Mexico found in Whitehall, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to 12 months and one day in federal prison for...
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: LEIPERS FORK, TN: All trails at the Garrison Creek trailhead (milepost 427) will be closed to equestrian use on June 2, 2018, due to a public event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the National Trails System Act that is being held at the site. As an alternative, equestrians can access the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail at the Highway 7 trailhead (milepost 416).
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: Defendant Underreported Over $1.1 Million From Marijuana Distribution Business.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A New York man who helped obstruct a federal drug conspiracy case in 2017 pled guilty today in federal court in Huntington, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Kevin Fritz Lamerique, 34, entered his guilty plea to aiding and abetting an attempt to obstruct and impede an official proceeding. United States Attorney Stuart commended the work of the Huntington FBI Drug Task Force and the United States Postal Inspection Service.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, MAURICE MONTRAE PARKS, 36, of Wilson, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt for one count of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. Judge Britt sentenced PARKS to 90 months imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Brandenburg, Kentucky, man pleaded guilty to two child exploitation offenses on Tuesday, May 22, 2108, in United States District Court, announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Lateasha Monique Perry (34, Ocala) with seven counts of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) fraud and two counts of theft of government funds. If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison on each of the fraud counts, and up to 10 years on each of the theft counts.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Calvin Weaver, age 27, of Syracuse, was sentenced yesterday to serve 87 months in prison, as well as a 3-year term of supervised release, in connection with his convictions for being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, and simple possession of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: Violence Took Place Last Summer in Georgetown Area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., returned a verdict today finding five defendants guilty of participating in a violent racketeering enterprise known as the Syndicato de Nuevo Mexico (SNM) Prison Gang following a seven-week jury trial before U.S. District Judge James O. Browning.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: Defendant allegedly used false information to receive MassHealth benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months’ imprisonment and eight years supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
